cleanfeed and wikipedia

Brian Morrison ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 7 Dec 2008 18:52:16 +0000


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On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:52:48 +0000
Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:23:14AM +0000, Dave wrote:
> > The offending article is currently blocked by virgin media, though it=20
> > can be seen via alternative access methods. So, being paranoid here,=20
> > will my attempted viewing of the page be logged, and will I now receive=
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> > a visit from the rozzers......?
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> Wikipedia has an HTTPS access method.  I wasn't aware of it until this
> nonsense came up, and it's not the 'obvious' method (ie. s/http/https/
> in the URI), but I'll be using it from now on.  I don't expect anyone
> to spy on my Wikipedia reading, just as I don't expect anyone to spy
> on my paper encyclopedia reading either.  Here it is:
>=20
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page

Hmm, I wonder how easy it would be to create a new search engine entry
for Firefox which uses this URL instead of the default one?

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

   "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud;
    after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it."
   =20
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